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Spain votes in general election that could swing country to the right

PM Sanchez called the election early after the left took a drubbing in local elections in May

Historic Ukraine cathedral hit as Russian forces strike Odesa again

Putin hosts Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, says Kyiv's counteroffensive has failed

Elon Musk says Twitter will change logo to X, 'bid adieu' to bird

Should have been done a long time ago, says billionaire owner in Twitter Spaces chat

'Barbie' movie sets record, emerges biggest US, Canadian debut of 2023

Director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," about the making of the atomic bomb, rang up $80.5 million at domestic theaters in a cinema battle dubbed "Barbenheimer."

China's Alibaba says will not join Ant Group proposed share buyback

Ant Group announced a surprise share buyback of up to 7.6% of its equity interest earlier this month, a day after it was fined $984 million by Beijing for violating laws and regulations

G20 bloc fails to reach agreement on cutting fossil fuels after objections

The G20 member countries together account for over three-quarters of global emissions and gross domestic product, and a cumulative effort by the group to decarbonise is crucial

India's ACME Group gets $490 million in funding for Oman project

The facility is expected to produce 100,000 tons of green ammonia annually in its starting phase

G20 draft tweaked to reflect dissent on cutting 'unabated' fossil fuels

A draft late on Friday read: "The importance of making efforts towards phase down of unabated fossil fuels, in line with different national circumstances was emphasized"

India rejects Chinese automaker BYD's $1 billion factory proposal: Report

"Security concerns with respect to Chinese investments in India were flagged during the deliberations," the report quoted an Indian official as saying

ICICI Bank Q1 net up 40% to Rs 9,648 cr on higher income, loan growth

Standalone net profit rose to a record Rs 9,648 crore ($1.18 billion) for the first financial quarter from 69.05 billion in the same period a year earlier

YES Bank's net profit rises 10.3% in Q1, NII grows 8.1% to Rs 2,000 cr

YES Bank's provisions and contingencies, net of recoveries made against loan accounts written off as bad, more than doubled to Rs 360 crore from Rs 175 crore a year earlier

Some Subway India outlets drop tomatoes, cite poor quality amid price surge

A Subway outlet at a Delhi airport terminal announced the "Temporary Unavailability of TOMATOES" in a sign saying the restaurant could not get enough supply that passed its quality checks

Go First receive claims worth $2.9 billion from creditors: Reports

Go Airlines, which operated the Go First carrier, filed for bankruptcy protection in May blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines for the grounding of about half its 54 Airbus A320neos

Gambia in advanced stage of exploring legal action over Indian cough syrup

Families of 20 of the children have already sued the two companies as well as Gambian authorities

India's rice export curbs put contracts for 2 million tonnes at risk

India's decision to ban non-basmati white rice exports will spur traders to cancel contracts to sell around 2 million metric tons of the grain, worth $1 billion, on the world market, dealers said

India's forex reserves top $600 billion, rise to near 15-month high

They rose by $12.74 billion from the week earlier - the biggest gain in four months - having risen by a total of $3.08 billion in the prior two weeks

Morgan Stanley lifts US growth forecast on expectation of infra investment

Economists at Morgan Stanley now expect U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 1.3% on average in 2023, from an earlier forecast of a 0.6% rise

India, Sri Lanka agree to boost ties via energy, power and port projects

The two countries also will soon restart negotiations on a more expansive trade deal known as the Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement

India may continue supply interventions to curb food inflation: Nomura

Earlier this month, the government stepped in to procure tomatoes from certain centres to redistribute them in regions of high consumption to bring down prices

Ultratech Cement's Q1 profit rises 6.6% on strong domestic demand

Consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30 came in at Rs 1,688 crore ($205.8 million), compared with Rs 1,584 crore a year earlier